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2019-11-25 Southeast Asia

Philippine troops rescue couple kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf

[Aljazeera] British man and his Filipino wife were rescued unharmed after 10-minute gun battle with members of armed group.

Philippine troops on Monday rescued a British man and his Filipino wife who were abducted from a southern beach resort last month by gunmen linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) and taken to their jungle hideouts.

Regional military commander Lt Gen Cirilito Sobejana said troops caught up with the Abu Sayyaf captors of Allan Hyrons and his wife, Wilma, in the mountainous hinterlands of Parang town in Sulu province and rescued the couple after a fight.

"There was a running gun battle," Sobejana said. "They left the two behind because they could not drag them any more. They scampered in different directions but our troops are in pursuit."

The Hyrons were not hurt in the 10-minute exchange of fire, the military said, adding that no ransom had been paid to the group.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-25 01:33|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top
File under: Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)

#1 Wow, usually they just shoot them rather than let them be rescued.

There's been a long line of extremely stupid Westerners who go to the south of the Philippines and get kidnapped. Too dumb to live, and then the Philippine military has to risk their lives trying to get them back.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-11-25 08:30|| 2019-11-25 08:30|| Front Page Top

#2 When Jesus said "The poor will always be with you," he could have continued in that vein and said that the stupid will always be with us too. People who can afford a plane ticket to some inadvisable distant locale should certainly be charged the cost of any military or police operation done on their behalf.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-25 10:41|| 2019-11-25 10:41|| Front Page Top

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